Objective With increasing EU population density leading to further projected increases in the intensity of horticultural cropping by 2% pa, and the phasing out of Methyl Bromide with no chemical alternative available, there is an urgent need to provide horticultur alists with an environmentally friendly, safe, cost effective disinfestation method for their land Our idea is to develop a high-speed treatment system based on a synergistic combination of injecting steam under pressure into the soil, a vacuum recircula tion system and mixing of the particles to achieve rapid equilibration and low losses at high input rates. In addition our idea efficiently generates the required steam directly from the soil moisture over a novel solid state heat exchanger, removing the need for costly and cumbersome large boilers and water transportation bowsers which limit the speed of application and damage the soil. The heat penetration rate from this technique will be high enough to mount the unit on a standard soil preparation rig, removing the need for slow and costly separate disinfection pass over the ground, bringing down operating and capital costs to affordable levels. The SME partners constitute a supply chain partnership that includes a heat source and control systems manufacturer, a spray and injector manufacturer, a soil preparation equipment manufacturer, a control systems manufacturer, together with a systems integrator and service provider in the soil turning and granulation area. End user input is also provided from a farming co-operative group and the technology developer who invented this concept. By helping leverage the limited RTD resource of the SME's this project will allow them to afford to produce a truly innovative product and disseminate it to develo p a new application market. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems Keywords Methyl bromide disinfestation nematode ozone soil steam Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2002-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator VESTFOLD JORDDAMPING DA EU contribution No data Address Hanehlmveien 121 SANDEFJORD Norway See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ABM SOLID S.A. Poland EU contribution No data Address Sloneczna 30 TARNOW See on map Total cost No data ANGUS SOFT FRUITS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address East Seaton Farm ARBROATH ANGUS See on map Total cost No data ENERGESA S.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address Pol. Tejerias Norte c/Los Huertos CALAHORRA See on map Total cost No data IMANTS BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Turnhoutsweg 29 REUSEL See on map Total cost No data ONZAIN AGRICOLE France EU contribution No data Address 19, Rue Henri Goyer FOUGÈRES SUR BIÈVRE See on map Total cost No data PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address PERA Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE See on map Total cost No data SIPMA S.A. Poland EU contribution No data Address Budowlana 26 LUBLIN See on map Total cost No data SPRAY PROCESSES LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 86 Bunyan Road KEMPSTON, BEDFORD See on map Total cost No data STIFTELSEN TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT Norway EU contribution No data Address Akersveien 24 C, St. Hanshaugen OSLO See on map Total cost No data